Football Recap: Yorktown Wildcats vs. Charlotte Trojans
While Yorktown put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Charlotte. The Yorktown Wildcats took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 56-0 win over the Charlotte Trojans. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won four contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Leading Yorktown to victory were Brody Metting and Mckenzie Yanta. Metting rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, while Yanta rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Yanta's longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Knostman, who rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 365 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Yorktown didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Knostman and Cameron Willis.
Yorktown's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Charlotte, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
Yorktown will challenge Louise at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44.7 points per game this season. As for Charlotte, they are taking a road trip to face off against Falls City at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Falls City also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 30.4 points per game.
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